Opposition
activist Vasil Parfiankou, currently serving his sentence in a penal colony in
Baranavichy, may be placed in a punishment cell, after he received a reprimand from
the prison administration, says his friend Volha, quoting a recent letter from
the prisoner.

According
to Mrs. Volha, Vasil is going to be punished for refusing to leave his bed.
However, the prisoner writes that he was badly ill at the time, but denied
access to medical aid.

In a letter
of 16 October,Vasil Parfiankou says it is extremely cold in the cell, so he has
to sleep with his clothes on.

Mrs. Volha
also says Vasil is not going to sign a petition for pardon.